by Christine | Jun 3, 2013 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, I’m back after a whole month off. Rick was kind of enough to allow me a furlough from Welcoming the welcomees so I could bivouac in my mountain retreat. I’ve been fighting the Battle of the Breakdown June Issue-slash-Father’s Day Event Program. Though...
by Christine | Nov 17, 2014 | Welcome Column
Murder is a subject that will always fascinate people. The evening news never fails to mention the most disturbing murder of the day and if a newspaper web site has an intriguing murder mystery, that article never fails to get a lot of hits. Bluegrass and Old Time...
by Christine | Jan 4, 2012 | Welcome Column
Note: I’m trying feverishly (pun intended) to get over a nasty cold before this weekend, so I am running this re-run of a column I did back in 2005. Anybody that spends any length of time performing music knows how many things can go wrong. The Gods must be...
by Christine | Mar 23, 2005 | Welcome Column
Anybody that spends any length of time performing music knows how many things can go wrong. The Gods must be laughing all the time, as they lounge around on clouds and watch us rehearse, and make set lists, thinking we’re prepared. Just getting to gigs can be an...
by Christine | Mar 18, 2008 | Welcome Column
In October I started seeing a new doctor and she was quick to inform me that the 30 minutes I spent five days per week exercising was not enough. Being even more eager to see my 61st birthday than I am lazy, I immediately bumped my daily routine to 60 minutes and in...
